he walks out with the world cob cluned that this race is over, the conservatives, the money, you're bob dole, we're going to vote on the house and senate. he's got to get past that first. >>> just before the two candidates scare off in the debate. abc news poll, 49% of likely voters say they would vote for president obama and 47% say they would vote for mitt romney. those numbers are unmoved from early last month. >> so nalgsally we're in the margin of rohr in the poll. in the political swing states the president's lead grows. 52% to 41%. a state in early voting begins tomorrow. a new columbus dispatch poll shows the president leading 51% to 42%. a nine-point margin. in august the same poll had the two candidates tied at 45. >> at 45. if you want to know how badly things have gone for the past month, how bad september was for mitt romney. just look at the columbus dispatch poll. he's lost nine points in ohio. it's absolutely critical that he does change the narrative, he does turn things around. you know, we always talk about -- i've always talked about 1980, we go into the final weeken